-음직

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 엄〮직〮 (Yale: -émcík). Beyond this, the first vowel of the Middle Korean suffix behaves identically to and is certainly etymologically derived from the infinitive 어〮 (Yale: ) whence modern (-eo), but the rest of the etymology (/m/, /t͡sik/) is unclear.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eumjik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumjig
McCune–Reischauer?ŭmjik
Yale Romanization?umcik

Suffix

음직 • (-eumjik)

  1. -worthy (attached between a verb stem and the adjective-deriving suffixes 스럽다 (-seureopda) or 하다 (-hada))
    (meok-, to eat) + 음직 (-eumjik) + 하다 (-hada, adjective-deriving light verb)먹음직하다 (meogeumjikhada, to look palatable, to look good to eat)
    믿 (mit-, to trust) + 음직 (-eumjik) + 스럽다 (-seureopda, adjective-deriving suffix)믿음직스럽다 (mideumjikseureopda, to be trustworthy)
    (deul-, to listen) + 음직 (-eumjik) + 하다 (-hada, adjective-deriving light verb)들음직하다 (deureumjikhada, to be worth listening to)
    꺼리 (kkeori-, to avoid) + 음직 (-eumjik) + 하다 (-hada, adjective-deriving light verb)꺼림칙하다 (kkeorimchikhada, to be uncanny)
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